Mongolia’s wildlife at risk from overgrazing

The icy peaks of Jargalant Mountain are supposed to belong to snow leopards, whose numbers have dwindled to fewer than 1,000 in Mongolia, but hard-pressed herders are increasingly pushing into the vulnerable animals’ traditional habitat. “Now there are eight herders’ families on this mountain,” said Daribazar Nergui, who has lost 10 of his livestock to […]

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